A Zhen Huan Story: Fourth Master's Beloved Consort Huanhuan

[Imperial Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Emperor × a beloved palace beauty who wins favor with talent and beauty * Stern, inscrutable Chinese emperor × graceful, gentle beauty of the Han Banner]

[Empress and emperor with a 15-year age gap, rises through talent, devoted to one another, sweet romance, poetry, Consort Xi, an ensemble cast in the Qing palace]

Zhen Huan was raised with strict discipline. Though born into the Han Banner, she was graceful, refined, and captivating.

At seventeen, she entered the palace selection, quickly distinguishing herself in the harem with her exceptional talent and beauty.

People in the palace called her “Chang’e of the Han Banner.” She wore lavish clothes, was attended by throngs of servants, and lived amid priceless treasures.

Yet few knew that all this unparalleled favor came from the stern, inscrutable Yongzheng Emperor of the Great Qing.

At first, everyone in the know assumed she was a stand-in for one of Yongzheng’s “old flames.”

But before she had even tried to win his favor, the emperor had already dealt with the tea-loving concubine who claimed to be his “old flame.”

- She was the most favored woman in the six palaces, and he even gave her his personal jade pendant.

When spoiled by his favor, she would cry or fuss and take her temper out on the emperor. But when night fell and all was quiet, the two of them were inseparable, wrapped in tender affection.

Yongzheng, the fourth emperor of the Great Qing, was cold and imposing, ruthless in his methods, and the true holder of power.

He was said to be a master strategist, yet little was known about his private life. One day, a sweet, carefree young woman approached the emperor like a graceful little deer. Pouting, she rubbed her eyes and said, “Yinzhen… I’m sleepy.” The princes and princesses on the other end of the call fell utterly silent. Few people were still allowed to call him Yinzhen. As everyone held their breath, the emperor set down his vermilion brush and gazed at her with deep, shadowy eyes.